I was really doubtful using the van der waals equation because most of the problems I encountered used this equation and it just so happened that all of them involved gases though I wasn't sure if van der waals was just limited to real gases. I thought it was a general equation. :)
I tried...
Homework Statement
How do you express work in an isothermal increase of pressure of a solid in terms of the initial and final pressure?
Homework Equations
van der waals equation
W=Integral of PdV
(P-na/v^2)(v-nb)=nKT
P=pressure
V=volume
n=number of molecules(constant)...